Marvel Studios' IRONHEART Disney+ Series Finds its Head Writer

If you thought there were a lot of new Star Wars series coming to Disney+, Marvel Studios is saying "hold my beer."

After the successful series runs for WANDAVISION and THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER, the next big Marvel Studios series on Disney+ is LOKI, which premieres on June 11. But it doesn't stop there as HAWKEYE, SHE-HULK, MS. MARVEL, MOON KNIGHT and other series are coming soon, too.

Another of the other series is IRONHEART which will star actress Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, who creates her own Iron Man suit in the comics via reverse engineering. And according to Variety, the series is landed its head writer in Chinaka Hodge.

"The 'Ironheart' series at Disney Plus has tapped Chinaka Hodge to serve as head writer, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.

"Hodge is a screenwriter, poet, playwright, and educator. Her past television writing credits include the Apple reboot of 'Amazing Stories,' as well as the TNT series adaptation of 'Snowpiercer' starring Daveed Diggs. She has published two books of poetry to date, 'For Girls with Hips: Collected Poems and Writings' and 'Dated Emcees,' while her plays include 'Chasing Mehserle' and 'Mirrors in Every Corner.' She is also a founding member of the hip hop collective The Getback along with Diggs and others."

This report also states how the writers room is currently being set up, but there is no word on a release timeframe or when production will begin.